of Course, Kai Havertz, who else? The young star leads the Bayer with his goal to victory in Freiburg and back on a Champions League place. For Havertz, it is already the fifth hit since the re-start of the Bundesliga.

Freiburg (dpa) - thanks to a further best brand of Kai Havertz Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the race for the Champions League places on the success rate.

With his fifth goal since the start of the football Bundesliga, the national team players made the 54. Minute for the laborious 1:0 (0:0)-success for the Werkself at SC Freiburg. As the first player under the age of 21 Havertz reached the mark of 35 Bundesliga goals.

To the Start of the 29. Game tags advanced in Leverkusen for the time being on the third place of the table. The Freiburg coach Christian Streich, however, remained in the fourth game after the Corona-restart winless and remain in the upper midfield of the League.

"This is a deserved victory it was. We dominated the first half and the second half was tidy. It is in Freiburg tight, normally," said Leverkusen's Sven Bender. On the opposite side, the disappointment was large. "This is extremely bitter. We have made a really good game against a very good Leverkusen team. We would have had a point," said SC-captain Christian Günter and praised goalscorer Havertz: "This is the quality that he has. That he just needs a Situation."

The highly-talented Bayer-Offensive was extremely hard to find a gap against the disciplined defending of Freiburg. On six of the items on Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz had changed his starting eleven in comparison to the 1:4 against Wolfsburg. But the 20-year-old Havertz, or the new in the first Formation portrayal of 17-year-old Florian Wirtz found hardly come Through.

Freiburg defended so acted intensively as coach Christian Streich on the sideline. Bayer dominated the game and almost 80 percent had alone in the first pass the Ball, but the tireless prank called on his players to permanent opposition. While Bosz watched the game most of the time and rarely comments made, he conducted a prank almost every move of his team.

just before the break, the commitment of the 54 was rewarded-Year-old even almost. The Freiburg Lucas Höler was sent in the deep - free before Bayer goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, the striker brought the Ball but not even on target, but pushed him at the right post.

On which individual class, the guests have showed you in the second passage. Not even ten minutes after the restart, Leon Bailey was supported in the corner of the Freiburg of Havertz. The Jamaicans claimed the Ball in a confined space, led him back to Havertz and the tunnelte SC-Keeper Alexander Schwolow from spitzestem angle. Shortly thereafter, Havertz had to beat then slightly after a slight knee injury from the field. "It's good for him. I don't know how bad it is. But that's all right," said Bayer coach Bosz.

string remained on the sidelines in tip-top shape. Whipped by their coach, the team pushed more to the front, but Leverkusen stood up well. Bosz had for the first time since the 1. March national player Jonathan Tah in a League game in the starting line-up ranked, the centre-back showed a solid performance. Just before the end, Nils Petersen had the Chance to equalize, but Hradecky was (88.).